Murder She Wrote
was an award winning 1984 to 1996 crime drama that
featured tons of guest appearances by some of the
hottest stars. Angela Lansbury starred as amateur
detective Jessica Fletcher, for a total of 12 seasons
and 264 episodes. It was one of the most successful and
longest running shows to date, with an estimated 23
million viewers at its pinnacle.

Fans
of this show will remember that Jessica Fletcher
(Lansbury), a retired English teacher and successful
crime novelist, returns home to Cabot Cove, Maine to be
closer to her roots. She then goes about the business
of solving crimes, proving to be more perceptive than
local investigators who seem to mistakenly go with the
most likely suspect. To keep things interesting, the
viewer never knew if the famous guest star for the week
would turn out to be victim or perpetrator. The murders
and investigations were not limited to Cabot Cove’s
general vicinity, but instead all over America. For
example, by season 8, Fletcher had moved to NYC.